My Vrs has just chewed it's way through the Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres it was turned out on in a mere 4500miles. I do hammer it just about everywhere but that aside this figure sounds a little low to me , has anyone got any reccomendations that would give a little more life for similar amounts of grip and a similar price??

Have a quick look here:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/fabia/tyres-fabia-vrs/83421/

or here:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/fabia/best-budget-tyres/86174/

pirelly p'nero zero's

goodyear F1's

Toyo's

bridgestone potenzas (NOT turanzes)

The Contis are probably the hardest wearing sports tyres I've used. If you've got through them in 4500 miles you best have deep pockets if you want to use any grippier tyres as they'll probably only last half as long!

Chris

The Contis are probably the hardest wearing sports tyres I've used. If you've got through them in 4500 miles you best have deep pockets if you want to use any grippier tyres as they'll probably only last half as long!

Chris

I agree with Chris 100% on this, my Contis lasted me about 6k - I am now on Toyo Proxies and I got those during the onset of the wet Autumn and Winter period, and now 6k on there are looking pretty sorry for themselves; and thats having taken things very easy - in the wet also!!

If your Contis lasted you 4.5K then anything else will be shreaded within seconds.

Does a vRS really go through tyres in such a short space of time? Thats pretty appauling if its true , Id want double that out of tyres on an Evo or Impreza , let alone a diesel supermini!!

Does a vRS really go through tyres in such a short space of time? Thats pretty appauling if its true , Id want double that out of tyres on an Evo or Impreza , let alone a diesel supermini!!

Fundamentally it's down to driving style. If you're always lighting up the front tyres with full bore standing starts and understeering them round corners, you'll wear them quick in any car.

Chris

If you are getting through hard tyres at 6k either you are driving the car far far too hard for the road and might want to look at some advanced driving tuition or there is something wrong with the car IMHO

Ahh , thats okay then , my wheelspinning days are gone now , they dissapeared about the same time as the hair did off the top of my head lol!!! I'm glad there wasnt such a thing as a vRS when I was 20 , however.....

Well thats another thing, the one I have picked up during some of my advanced tuition, and I say one thing as there is so sodding much to take in :( - and thats lighting up the front tyres and understeering all over the road is not quick - and anybody that spends there time doing so is most likely not making efficent, safe progress.

You can still make very swift progress without making your tyres squeel in pain at every corner.

*looks to ScoobyChris for reassurance and a better ability for what I am trying to say* :P

You can still make very swift progress without making your tyres squeel in pain at every corner.

*looks to ScoobyChris for reassurance and a better ability for what I am trying to say* :P

Absolutely right! Changing the direction a tyre is pointing in reduces grip so the trick is rather than using a big steering input (which results in a big loss of grip, understeer and sliding off into the scenery) is to feed in steering as it's required which means that you're only making very minor changes in direction and the amount of grip remains high.

I think we also demonstrated that very swift progress can even be made in a slow old rep-mobile

Chris

WARNING-Thread highjack

I`m after a couple of new tyres also however my needs are a little differant I need some hard wearing tyre for my vRS i`m a courier doing over 50k a year so would like some that last as long as i can.

any suggestions on that

This thread has just made me feel about 65!!!!!!! I'm still on my factory fitted conti sport contact2's and have just done 18k!!!!! :eek:

Mind you there doesn't look to be much more left in them.

Cheers

Dave.

This thread has just made me feel about 65!!!!!!! I'm still on my factory fitted conti sport contact2's and have just done 18k!!!!! :eek:

Mind you there doesn't look to be much more left in them.

Cheers

Dave.

need more than 18k:thumbdwn:

Can't remember the tyre size for the vRS, but you should be able to get some eco-friendly tyres (Michelin Energy?) which will last for ages. Obvious trade off will be with grip though.

Chris

Another idea would be the Conti Eco-Contacts - If they still do those. They are a great long-life tyre.

I run Goodyear F1 GSD2 all round and have managed 20K on the fronts and they still have tread left, I sometimes have an enthusiastic driving style.

I also live In Milton Keynes with masses of mid speed roundabouts which dont help tyre wear

Matt

Does a vRS really go through tyres in such a short space of time? Thats pretty appauling if its true , Id want double that out of tyres on an Evo or Impreza , let alone a diesel supermini!!

Evo or Impreza, ah the bliss of having full time four wheel drive, not wanting to boast but my SP9000 have seen 24K on my Passat 4Motion and they refuse to wear out - obviously other than the normal A6/A4/B5 Passat/Superb trait of wearing the fronts down at the outer edges, on FWD cars you tend to swop front>back>front>back fairly frequently to even out wear. Note:- a four wheel drive Passat weighs a bit more than a Fabia VRS and the Audi V6 petrol engine has a wide band of pulling power - I only do moderate jumps from the lights to preserve my DMF as changing that on a four wheel drive Passat would end up being a bit pricey!

6.5k from a pair of tyres!!:eek:

The Potenzas ours came with lasted just over 20k and I thought that was pretty poor considering I've had about 25k from my old Golf on 18in Eagle F1's.

Can't remember the tyre size for the vRS, but you should be able to get some eco-friendly tyres (Michelin Energy?) which will last for ages. Obvious trade off will be with grip though.

Chris

I can handle the trade off with grip as i drive like a greenpeace activist during the week and i`m too drunk to drive at the weekend:cheers:

Fundamentally it's down to driving style. If you're always lighting up the front tyres with full bore standing starts and understeering them round corners, you'll wear them quick in any car.

Chris

Having completed the military advanced driving training, these are the things that im sure not to do, however I do tend to make very good progress in the fabia. We live in the middle of knowere surrounded by miles of twisty A roads you can imagine the hammering the car gets.

That aside thanks for the advice.